Recent Listening Set 10 – Part 4

Computer-based IELTS practice · free

  • •Part 4: questions 31–40. Time allowed: 10 minutes.
  • •Each recording is played ONCE only. Read the questions before you press play.
  • •Write your answers while you listen. Spelling counts.
  • •Use the question numbers at the bottom to move between questions. Flag questions to review later.
  • •Put on your headphones and turn up the volume.
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Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

Situation: You will hear a lecture about the Silk Road.

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The Silk Road
a of routes linking China with the Mediterranean
name created by a German
Goods
China kept silk production
other goods: spices, glass, and paper
Trade
goods passed between many
carried heavy loads across deserts
Ideas and disease
spread from India to China
reached the Islamic world in the 8th century
the Black may have spread along the routes
Decline
trade became cheaper and safer